Coronary revascularization does not decrease cardiac events in patients with stable ischemic heart disease but might do in those who showed moderate to severe ischemia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-252

  Moroi, Masao ^a   Yamashina, Akira ^b   Tsukamoto, Kazumasa ^c   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^d  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc tetrofosmin; Amount of ischemic myocardium; Coronary arterial bypass grafting; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stress myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862191922     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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